A Manhattan federal judge said Wednesday he is likely to deny counsel for Live Nation's request to appeal rulings sending the government's monopolization claims to trial, after antitrust regulators called that request a "desperate plea" for a delay.
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Live Nation Judge Not 'Inclined' To Delay Trial For Appeal

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge said Wednesday he is likely to deny counsel for Live Nation's request to appeal rulings sending the government's monopolization claims to trial, after antitrust regulators called that request a "desperate plea" for a delay.

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9th Circ. Rules K-12 Mental Health Grants Must Continue

By Mark Payne

The U.S. Department of Education must fund K-12 mental health grants given to public schools to help students cope with school shootings, the Ninth Circuit ruled, denying the agency's emergency request to pause a lower court's permanent injunction pending an appeal. 

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Netflix Swaps Out Latham For Munger Tolles In Antitrust Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

Latham & Watkins LLP withdrew Wednesday as defense counsel for Netflix in a proposed consumer class action in Illinois federal court claiming Meta cut an illegal deal ceding the video streaming market to Netflix, which is now represented by Munger Tolles & Olson LLP.

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EPA's Cancellation Of Solar Program Is Illegal, States Say

By Ganesh Setty

A coalition of states has urged a Washington federal court to bar the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from clawing back roughly $3 billion in federal funding for solar energy projects, arguing it can't rescind funds already obligated.

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ENFORCEMENT

Pakistan Native Pleads Not Guilty To $10M Healthcare Fraud

By Lauraann Wood

A native of Pakistan who is living in Texas pled not guilty Wednesday to a Chicago indictment claiming he participated in an alleged $10 million healthcare fraud and money laundering scheme involving fake medical companies that filed claims for items and services they never provided.

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LITIGATION

Centene Says Filed Rate Doctrine Dooms RICO, Fraud Claims

By Celeste Bott

Centene Corp. urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to grant it partial judgment in a proposed class action by patients alleging the company violated racketeering laws and cheated them out of billions with bogus policies, arguing the filed rate doctrine bars the refunds they seek for alleged overcharges.

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Budtender Alleges Dispensary Gives Tips To Managers

By Mike Curley

A proposed class of budtenders is suing an Illinois dispensary and its management company, saying they violate state and federal labor law by pooling tips and distributing them to managers as well as the budtenders.

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Lawsuit Over Recalled Lowe's Batteries Tossed, For Now

By Jonathan Capriel

Tool company Chervon North America Inc. and retailer Lowe's Home Centers LLC have, for now, beaten a proposed class action accusing them of selling lithium-ion batteries that caught fire, after an Illinois federal judge ruled that the buyer failed to point to any particular "promise regarding safety."

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PEOPLE

Taft Adds 5-Person IP Team From McAndrews Held

By Andrea Keckley

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced on Wednesday that it has hired a group of four attorneys and one patent agent from McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd. in the Chicago, Minneapolis and West Palm Beach, Florida, offices.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Tom Goldstein Guilty On Tax Evasion, 11 Other Counts

By Jared Foretek

SCOTUSblog founder and famed U.S. Supreme Court advocate Thomas Goldstein was found guilty of tax evasion, as well as aiding in the filing of false tax returns and lying on loan applications, by a Maryland federal jury Wednesday. 

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Patterson Belknap Adds Ex-SDNY Prosecutor Maurene Comey

By Alison Knezevich

Former Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who handled some of the nation's highest-profile cases before she was fired by the Trump administration, has joined Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, the firm announced Wednesday.

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Cat Cover Story In Ginsburg Health Hack Gives Judge Pause

By Hayley Fowler

A Fourth Circuit jurist on Wednesday seemed fixated on the feline excuse a former hospital transplant coordinator gave FBI agents when he was questioned in 2019 about accessing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's healthcare records.

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Democrats Cast Doubt On New DOJ Fraud Role

By Courtney Bublé

During the confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President Donald Trump's nominee for the new assistant attorney general for fraud role, Democrats expressed anxiety about the White House's involvement in the fraud crackdown and how genuine the effort is.

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Dems Demand Explanation For DOJ Antitrust Chief's Exit

By Lauren Berg

Two Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee demanded Wednesday that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi explain to lawmakers why the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust chief was forced to resign, expressing concern about the administration's potential interference with merger reviews and antitrust litigation.

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Florida Co. Blames Holland & Hart For $21M Judgment

By Zach Dupont

A Florida-based company claimed in Colorado federal court Wednesday that a Holland & Hart LLP attorney was negligent in representing it in a lawsuit from the city of Fort Collins that eventually ended in a more than $21 million judgment against the company.

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'Do Not Lie To Me': Calif. Judge Panel Agrees Credibility Is Key

By Bonnie Eslinger

California federal judges speaking at a Federal Bar Association panel in San Francisco have urged attorneys to protect their credibility in the courtroom, with one judge bluntly telling lawyers "do not lie to me" and another revealing it's "shocking" how frequently judges share notes about lawyers.

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Justices Set New Limits On Recess Testimony Talks

By Cara Salvatore

A unanimous Supreme Court set limits Wednesday on the right to counsel during overnight breaks in a defendant's testimony under the Sixth Amendment, ruling that prohibiting talk about "testimony for its own sake" strikes an appropriate constitutional balance.

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Foley & Lardner Wants 'Scattershot' Malpractice Suit Tossed

By Rose Krebs

Foley & Lardner LLP is urging the Delaware Superior Court to toss a malpractice suit accusing the firm of negligence in representing an officer of a now-defunct food recycling company in a Chancery Court case that led to a $1.6 million judgment, saying it "suffers from basic pleading defects."

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Baker McKenzie

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Cleary Gottlieb

Cotchett Pitre

Cravath Swaine

Debevoise & Plimpton

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Goldstein & Russell

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Perkins Coie

Poulin Willey

Rosenberg Freedman

Ross Aronstam

Rumberger Kirk

Taft Stettinius

Taus Cebulash

Terrell Marshall

Walker Wilcox

Walton Telken

Wexler Boley

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Workplace Law Partners

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Affordable Care LLC

Apple Inc.

California Western School of Law

Centene Corp.

Federal Bar Association

George Washington University

Google LLC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Juniper Networks Inc.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Lowe's Cos. Inc.

Marriott International Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Netflix Inc.

Suzuki Motor Corp.

UCLA School of Law

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Internal Revenue Service

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Washington Attorney General's Office